The difference is technique. Welding melts the base metal and fuses the joints together, while brazing melts the filler metal (provided by the brazing rod) to fill the joint between the two pieces via capillary action to join them together.

There are quite a few names and terms banded about when it comes to brazing. We want to make it easy for you, so we've described some of the most commonly used to help you find just what you're looking for. The cold working properties of brass is poor, but hot working and machinability are classed as excellent.

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High vacuum/high pressure - achieved using a fully sealed chamber, brazing in this atmosphere provides the highest quality results and is mostly used for medical and aerospace components.

Yes. It is actually one of the most malleable metals that can be used in the welding process. It can be welded to other metals to produce a strong and sturdy joint. Our machining grade brass bars have excellent workability and anti-corrosive properties, making them a highly versatile metal. Our brass bars come in a range of diameters and can be cut to size to ensure your brass rods are the perfect fit for your specific application.

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Using brazing rods for joining together two pieces of metal produces an extremely strong joint that can repel gases and liquids, withstand temperature changes, impact and vibration. Joints from this form of metal joinery have a clean and professional finish and allow for good control and flexibility over the materials used. Listed above are just some of the most popular applications for brass; the metal is by no means limited to these alone. A Customised Service

Brass is best known for musical instruments due to its superb acoustic properties. Because of its resistance to corrosion and anti-bacterial qualities, it is used widely in applications that are exposed to water and moisture, such as bathroom pipes and fittings. Can you weld brass? Brass rods have many properties that are characteristic of copper because they are copper alloys. That said, brass also exhibits its own properties that are separate from pure copper and other copper alloys. These include the following: Hexagonal Brass Bars are most widely used to produce fasteners, nuts and bolts. We hold hexagonal brass bars in grade CW614N, suitable for use across a wide range of industries. Flux - a chemical cleaning and purifying agent used to prevent the oxidising of brazed joints. Available as flux paste, flux powder, or as a treatment on brazing rods

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The distinctive properties of brass mean it can be used in multiple ways, especially concerning the mechanical and decorative industries. For instance, brass is often applied in the following ways: Material - brazing rods should be chosen to suit the material to be brazed. For example, aluminium brazing rods can only be used to braze aluminium workpieces.

Butt-lap joint - a combination of the two main brazing joints, this joint is self-supporting and benefits from the best of both the butt and lap joints Brazing rods are identified according to the alloy they're made from. Each has its own melting range and advantages in use. Brass flat bar is usually supplied in grade CZ12; this free machining alloy has 3% lead content dispersed throughout the strip to aid lubrication during machining. It has a high melting point of around 900°C, but the precise melting point is affected by the concentration of the multiple metals in the alloy. Controlled atmosphere - an inert atmosphere for brazing, often achieved using an atmospheric bell jar or vacuum furnace filled with a gas like Argon, nitrogen or hydrogen to improve the quality of joints brazed and prevent issues of scaling and oxidisation.Used as the filler metal for brazing two or more metal pieces together, brazing rods are heated until molten and drawn into pre-set joints to form a strong metallurgical bond during cooling.